Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-22
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIES.


designated as bank of deposit.
E. NJ. Ross has been confirmed as Judge
of the Southern District OF California.
Over thousand persons participated in
wolf hunt in Douglas county, H., on
Wednesday.
Joseph B. Rice has been appointed Post
master at Fairplay, CAL, and John NJ Alb
bott at Norman, CAL
De Leon the New York astrologer.
charged with sending young girls to Pan
anna for immoral purposes, has been con.
victed.
News was received at Shasta from Modoc
county that Messengill, who was shot in
that county by J. Z. King about a week
ago, died few days ago.
James Hubbard, native of Tennessee,
aged about IS years, committed suicide at
Calico by hanging. The cause was de-
spondency over gambling losses.
1t is reported that the German Govern
ment confiscated the property and con-
dennis to prison by default all residents OF
Alsace-Lerraine who avoid consumption BY
emigrating. Forty-seven persons have al
ready been summoned to WiSsenburg for
evasion. and similar steps are being taken
elsewhere.
The New York Herald says Our London
correspondent informs us that center-board
yachts will be allowed to compete in the
Jubilee ocean race. The Royal Thames
Yacht Club has passed resolution invit-
ing American yachtsmen to enjoy honorary
membership of their club during the COM
ing season.
District Assembly No 12i, Knights OF
Labor which includes all the Knights in
New Hampshire, adopted resolutions urg-
ing the appointment of Richard Trevilick
of Detroit, TO the position of Secretary OF
Agriculture and Labor, in case the bill now
pending in Congress to create such Cabi-
net office should become law.
The New Westminster (B. c. Hotel was
burned Thursday morning, catching fire in
an unknown place. 1t was so quickly con-
sumed that three guests were burned to
death One is believed to have been named
| Campbell. The register and all the yalu-
abies, including the baggage of guests, were
burned. The other persons escaped in
their night clothes.
Large defalcations have been discovered
in the Gowerbe Bank OF Hongkong, which
has suspended payment. Two of the bank s
Directors have been arrested The liabili-
ties are estimated at 2, 100000 marks. The
trouble is reported to be due to the bank
supporting an unsafe industrial venture.
| The depoSitors are mainly small traders
many OF whom are ruined by the bank
suspension.
Lucky Baldwin's would-be SLAYER, Miss
Verona Baldwin, who.was arrested at Chi
cago some days ago for making threats
| against local journalists, came up yester-
day. 1t had been suggested that Miss Bald
win was not in her right mind. The Judge
| inquired if there was any witnesses in
Court who were willing to swear that Miss
Baldwin was insane. No person answered,
and she was discharged.
About 600 persons were scattered over
| the ice on Lake Erie, at Buffalo, n. Y,
Thursday afternoon, when it began to
break up in blocks. The people made a
! frantic rush for the shore but those farthest
out were caught on the floating cakes OF
| ice which contained from one to fifty per-
sons each. All managed to jump from
cake to cake except eight, who were res
cued with much trouble.
| A syndicate of Boston capitalists has pur-
chased the property on State street extend
| ing from the fremont Bank to Kilby street
about two-thirds of an acre. The syndicate
will expend about So 100000, and erect the
largest bank building in the country, about
a third larger than d. o. Mills building in
New York. The most notable structure to
| be demolished by the plans of the syndi-
| cate is the old Merchants Exchange build
| ing, erected in 1912.
The sale, under the direction of the exec
utors of the late Samuel j. Tilden, of his
horses, carriages, cattle, poultry, ETC., began
to-day at the New York American Horse
Exchange. There was large attendance
| of his friends and dealers in stock. A lot
of Jersey cattle sold at from $50 to S225. A
st. Bernard slut sold for S32 a Victoria car
riage for $3.50, and landaulet for $500.
Good prices were realized for most of the
stock. The aggregate was about $4,000.